запалка

Belarusian

запалка

Etymology

From запа́льваць (zapálʹvacʹ, “to ignite, to set fire”) +‎ -лка (-lka). Compare Polish zapałka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaˈpaɫka]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

запа́лка • (zapálka) f inan (genitive запа́лкі, nominative plural запа́лкі, genitive plural запа́лак)

1. match (a device to make fire)

   Synonym: се́рнік (sjérnik)

   • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 302:

     Ён не спяшаючыся паднёс запалку да свечкі, запаліў яе, кінуў запалку на падлогу і затаптаў нагою.

     Jon nje spjašajučysja padnjós zapalku da svječki, zapaliŭ jaje, kinuŭ zapalku na padlóhu i zataptaŭ nahóju.

     [original: He lighted the candle from the flaring match with great deliberation, and dropped the match, and trod it out.]

Declension

Declension of запа́лка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	запа́лка zapálka	запа́лкі zapálki
genitive	запа́лкі zapálki	запа́лак zapálak
dative	запа́лцы zapálcy	запа́лкам zapálkam
accusative	запа́лку zapálku	запа́лкі zapálki
instrumental	запа́лкай, запа́лкаю zapálkaj, zapálkaju	запа́лкамі zapálkami
locative	запа́лцы zapálcy	запа́лках zapálkax
count form	—	запа́лкі1 zapálki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “запалка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “запалка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Запалка

Etymology

Formed as запа́лвам (zapálvam, “to ignite, to set fire”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈpaɫkɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

запа́лка • (zapálka) f

1. (lighter) lighter, strike a light
2. fuse, squib

Declension

Declension of запа́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	запа́лка zapálka	запа́лки zapálki
definite	запа́лката zapálkata	запа́лките zapálkite

References

• “запалка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “запалка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzapaɫka]

Noun

запалка • (zapalka) f (plural запалки)

1. lighter (fire making device)
2. fuse, squib

Declension

Declension of запалка

	singular	plural
indefinite	запалка (zapalka)	запалки (zapalki)
definite unspecified	запалката (zapalkata)	запалките (zapalkite)
definite proximal	запалкава (zapalkava)	запалкиве (zapalkive)
definite distal	запалкана (zapalkana)	запалкине (zapalkine)
vocative	запалке (zapalke)	запалки (zapalki)

References

• запалка in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)